Racial Documentary "Other" Mixed Identity

A racial discussion about what it means for young people in America to identify with more than one race.

[@stupidflounders]

I grew up in America, but I have travelled outside for work. The race issue in America is HUGE. That doesn't mean there isn't racism anywhere else, but the weight of it hits you hard in the US. It doesn't just come from white people, the issue is from everybody.

[@markmcgoveran6811]

Where were you? The racism issue is not huge everywhere in the USA. If you can replace where everybody's wearing a hoodie you see a lot of racism.

[@AurumLuxuria]

I feel like mixed race people often feel attacked and insulted when someone asks them what they are, but I think it's just genuine interest. I love to see what people's heritage and ethnicity is. There is no judgment from my side.

[@shaunmc013]

Yeah I don't really understand that either.

[@panicontheargo7034]

There’s a difference between asking somebody about their background, and asking “what are you?” One is more polite, and civil, while the other sounds rude and it makes them feel objectified.

[@hwgray]

Besides, a lot of Afro-biracial people don't want to be known as "black." Afro-multiracials who consider themselves to be simply "black," like me, don't want to insult them by assuming that all Afro-biracials are simply black. If you're Afro-other race(s), but don't consider yourself to be "black," then people want to know what you _do_ consider yourself to be, in order to avoid unnecessary conflict.

[@andrewl.9736]

@@panicontheargo7034 A few people have bad intentions, but the majority I've encountered who've asked me what I am just have poor communication skills. You can sort of tell by how the conversation progresses that they're just interested to know.

[@BriellaSornFonte]

It’s because of people defining what you are after you tell them what you are. That’s something monoracial people don’t understand when you tell them what your race if you get asked have you ever experienced other people defining what race you are for you and totally changing what you are based off their mood. It’s very offensive and weird you are what you are plus in America mixed race people regardless of mixture aren’t represented the same way as monoracial people. Multiracial people get put in groups depending on what’s going on we’re monoracial people don’t experience that.

[@bearpuppy1397]

I wonder how many mixed race ppl suffered from depression at one time or another.

[@bboyjamaica]

Bear puppy I have absolutely no idea. Anyone can suffer from depression though. Mixed race, single race ppl. I'm mixed race myself and don't know anyone mixed race including myself who've suffered from depression. I don't consider myself black or white, I consider myself brown.

[@bearpuppy1397]

skilled_methodz I know several of mixed race ppl who have had issues with depression. Think it depends on how your parents deal with you. (if one tries to force one identity on you more than the other) or how your environment responds to you (if either/ both cultures reject you). These can lead to an 'identity crisis' which can also be related to depression in my experience at least. In the future I am likely to have very mixed children and i want to make sure they don't go through what I did. So Its really good to hear than not all mixed ppl have these problems :)

[@bboyjamaica]

Bear puppy I can see what you mean about identity. If one is mixed race they would have a compound/dual identity. The environment is a big factor when it comes to depression.

[@VitalXtreme]

To answer your question as a mixed individual I would say a lot. I've suffered from depression constantly because many people don't accept me. It's hard to be half white and half black because black people say your not black enough and white people say your too black. It makes absolutely no sense yet it will continue to happen throughout the rest of my life. This leads to me be anti-social, depressed, and last but not least confused. I hope you didn't intend for this comment of yours to be ignorant or racist, because comments like this do affect people like me. That's why I answered.

[@bearpuppy1397]

VitalXtreme Being mixed myself I have suffered alot of racism. I have struggled with depression most of my life. I'm Arab/Enlgish & German; brought up Muslim/Catholic in the middle east. Due to the Gulf War and the UK supporting Israel, I suffered alot of racism, particulalry as I look 'Western'. I moved to Enlgand and thought that i would then 'belong'; but i again suffered racism because of the post 9/11 and Iraq war animosity towards Arabs/Muslims. Over time i have became able to blend in, but with the renewed offensive on Iraq and Syria, there has become an accepted prejudiced. Which has really affected me. So it got me thinking about how other mixed ppl are affected. Hence my question. My experience is obviously different, but i relate alot to black/white mixed ppl. As I feel like I too fall on border of a conflict. Now i have gotten older, i really appreciate being mixed. I hope things are better for you now. Sorry if i stirred up any bad emotions, but i really do appreciate you sharing you difficulties with me.

[@honeybebe8583]

Ok...so a bulk of these people admitted to associating with being black when it BENEFITS them -but any other time they're 'mixed'. I have NO respect for that, whatsoever. I have a cousin who is 50% Native American (YES, I know it's not a race, I'm making a point) and when he applied to college, he checked black because that's what he identified with. DESPITE the fact he could have had a free ride. I gained a massive amount of respect for him because of that. I respect them wanting to choose to identify themselves as they see fit -it's your right. But what you did was ...shady, to say the least 😒 You can't be black when it suits you.

[@BeatMessiah]

+honey bebe When people of mixed race, the category to which I belong, are being told we are or are not one thing or another by members of those groups from which we are descended anyway, does it really matter? Maybe it falls upon people who can readily experience the kinship that stems from outwardly fitting into a perceived racial category to extend those bonds to those of us who don't readily or easily fall into such superficial categorization. Seems that would be more likely to produce the results that you clearly want instead of people like us being continually attacked and questioned by others who have made it clear that they want us to pick one thing, but not "theirs."

[@MixedWhisper1977]

Why NOT ???? Isn't that what black people do to mixed people all the damn time ? We're black to black people whenever there is some kind of benefit in claiming us whether it be political gain or personal gain , but whenever there is no benefit in claiming us we go back to being " half breeds " and "Mutts " and just "not black enough " for you guys . We have to audition for blackness with you guys . Double standard much? Many black people feel like mixed people should be there to use for their own benefit, but god forbid, we as mixed people use the same logic for you guys then it's " mixed people are doing something wrong when they claim black when it's convenient. " Black people claim mixed people whenever it's convenient all the time and no one ever says shit .

[@gillbill6925]

MixedWhisper1977 you so right and most negative one are from black people.

[@stephpowell7648]

To you and everyone who commented, what is mixed? Where is the line drawn? Is it only people who are 50/50 who are mixed? What if you are 75%Indian and 25% black? Would you consider that mixed? Or if you were 1/4 black 3/4 white or 1/4 Chinese 3/4 white? Is that mixed? Where is that line drawn? I agree that we are all mixed to some degree but to what degree can you hold that title? Are you mixed is you have a grandmother of a different race? Or two or three? Or if your grand parents are mixed? Please check out my video 'What is Mixed' to answer this question. Thanks guys.

[@kashtasunborn985]

mixed is 50/50, if you have a Black parent and half Black parent, that is Black. Its not rocket science.

[@TheJoker-yy1ub]

i am a mixed race person my dad is white and my mom is korean i know how these people feel

[@kdee868]

The Joker they feel they must rule everywhere they go. ;)

[@kdee868]

i just want to work. :)

[@odysseus1220]

This says a lot about our society

[@hwgray]

Eurasians have no African ancestry. They can simply be white, if they want to be.

[@kiwin111]

@@hwgray That's not always true. I've personally known people who are 1/4 asian, and they can, but hapas(which means half asian and half white) sometimes but usually don't pass as white. I would say that eurasians might have it easier at least in the sense that white and asian people aren't as opposed to eachother as white and black people are. In the same way that a white person would fairly easily tolerate an asian person living in white society, they would be even more tolerant of a hapa even if the hapa isn't white passing. Who knows, a white father might even let a hapa marry his daughter.

[@fotiniwaigwa2670]

im half greek and kenyan....proud of both :) BUT as a mixed child growing up and till this day i see myself and all other biracial people as a race of our own race!!! might sound weird but i was pushed to think this way ....growing up half my life in kenya i was considered as a white child and now in germany im a black person.....and its annoying having to correct people who feel like they can shove us into a category! i love my white mom and african dad!

[@CheezInspector]

Yes, you nailed it. I'm quite older than you and it's absolutely true that people who are thirty and older have had to endure a constant, oppressive message from blacks, that "biracial" means "black", that any white ancestry is to be denied. Luckily, the world is changing dramatically, and people aren't getting away with blatant racism the way they used to. I'm betting you young people who correctly call yourselves biracial, are happier and more well-adjusted for it than BRs from the past.

[@BobsonDuggnutt]

I'm mixed race myself. My grandfather was a full-blooded black man from Mozambique my grandmother is full Japanese. This is my father's family. My mother's side is Native American (Saginaw) and Portuguese. I take after my fathers side mostly. I have the complexion of a light-skinned black person (don't pass the brown paper bag), fuller-lips, and dark, kinky hair. I grew up in Inglewood California, in a predominantly black neighborhood, and I was bullied to no end by people who knew my family.

[@ianwright211]

I don't understand why in the us anyone would need to know what race you are.Here in the uk they only ask what nationality you are when filling out forms.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

Reason for it is in the U.S., traditionally there have always been large groups of different races like whites, blacks and Native Americans, then Chinese and now all sorts of groups. But traditionally, the U.K. has been almost entirely white, so why would they try to track the race of the citizens if almost all the citizens were the same race traditionally? That's why the difference. The history between the U.S. and U.K. are different.

[@hwgray]

White people need to know whether to treat you with respect or with contempt. Black people need to know whether you're going to treat them with respect or with contempt. What's so hard to understand about that?

[@ianwright211]

Still don't get. Nothings gonna change with that attitude.

[@NaiadOwO]

why are most mixed race documentaries/videos/interview mostly people who are half white half black? like seriously, what about people with some Asian or Mexican blood in them??

[@jkbezo]

Yep! Like me. Half black (father) and half Asian/Taiwanese (Mother).

[@ArticleBot]

Mexican isnt a race -_-

[@jasadin]

flowerkid I think it's because a lot of people still have a big hangup about it because of America's past. A mixed race person who identifies as black,white,other,biracial,mixed will still catch hell depending on which label they use around different demographics.

[@huey6248]

Asian and Mexican are not races dude

[@oradixiegalloway955]

maist U,know whites always want to be n the center attention.

[@lorimiller239]

Nice work, Keli! I appreciate that you (and everyone involved) shared their perspective and thoughts.

[@MultiSmartass1]

Im biracial and I dont get asked the "what are you?" question often and I simply dont answer it because 1) Its none of anyone's business, frankly. 2) There's no reason for them to know 3) My concern about the remainder of my career and how race could impact that. In the end, if you ask, I dont answer. Ask a stupid question...

[@RogueBlood343]

my mother is black/native american and my father is white. all my life my mom would call me black and it would pissed me off

[@TRANSCENDENTALBLACKNESS]

Why are you pissed, you don't like being black?

[@RogueBlood343]

TranscendentalProdco I am not black Im mixed, I'd like it if my mother acknowledged that she fucked a white guy and got pregnant from him.

[@bearpuppy1397]

I have this with my dad..I'm mixed and my dad ignores my English side and tired to force his identity on me even tho my parents are still together. When i was younger and ppl asked me where am from.. i used to say 'my mummies tummy'.

[@rayjones31692]

Yeah well all my life I've been called white it pissed me off and I never get the "well you don't like being white? "

[@MultiSmartass1]

All you can do is acknowledge the reality that you are a biracial person. Some people cant deal with reality, sadly.

[@shanawe]

Keli, you're getting a lot of views! This is great!

[@gabrielleabraham5773]

I always identified my self as being mixed race because of my origin and ethnicity that what I know for sure that I'm a biracial

[@gabrielleabraham5773]

There is nothing wrong with identifying yourself as a biracial mixed race especially if you know what your ethnicity and origin.if you are be embrace it.

[@shanaeatman5330]

Heyyyyyyyyyy that's me! We should do a follow-up doc ;)

[@nelsonosoful]

look who popped up on my google

[@nelsonosoful]

go Shana Eatman , remember from the Tabernacle?

[@TheMMFamily9]

I love the people you spoke to and your approach...im blk and italian and so proud and enbrace both love souces whole hatedly , to this is a joy !

[@davidpauker]

I am a mixed race male person . My father..... (dearest and best Dad ever)..... was a European,of mixed ethnicities including(English, Irish,Scotch and Austro- Hungarian ethnicites). My dear departed mother(dear Mom)......was of Afro-American with some Cherokee Indian mix from South Carolina. So I will never forget an early part of my childhood experience when my dear Dad took me out for a walk( I was about 5 years old) to go get some ice-cream at the local ice-cream vendors store and the vendor told my Dad that he should NOT be holding my hand(his son). The vendor asked my Dad ..why are you walking around holding the hand of that Black child??? Like my Dad was some kind of criminal!!!!!! And I was my Dad's dearest only son!!! I am 66 years old now and I shall never ever forget that day in all the years of my life on this earth!!! The ice-cream vendor could never fathom the fact that I was holding the hand of my dearest sweetest,most loving Dad ever,as his only loving son!!!!!!So this is what we are up against here in America today!!!!!!! Mixed race people UNITE!!!!!!

[@mlmills7873]

I gotta say it is difficult when checking off what I am on a form or something. Because I am not biracial, I am mixed and I am basically everything on that form, but I 've been told that I'll "break the machine" if I check all. lols. So I just check other :3. But I was raised in a black family and so therefor I am black.

[@jazzvixon]

Different white people have issues with each other too ( British Vs Irish descent or Russian vs Ukraine descent etc.) As long as there's a difference, you'll find a conflict. Mixed people should be able to claim both sides. Its understandable if one claims one side if they completely look like that one race.

[@MrYellowGeko]

I'm very mixed, predominantly black but only by a small margin compared to my white. I'm also 1/4 Filipino. My father is Filipino and German and was raised almost exclusively in black neighborhoods and associated with the people he was around. My mother who is predominantly black (with some native American and white) was raised in Texas. My father is pretty much only attracted to black women but because of my mothers mixed genes, I was the only one out of my fathers two other children (by two different women) to not look "Black". This definitely caused conflict for me growing up because while my mother always told me I was mixed, my father would say I was black. On top of that, when I would meet people and told them my ethnic background, they would automatically classify me as black. Due to all this I felt the need to identify more with what people looked at me as. The only ones who would accept me as "mixed" were those who actually were black or mixed.

[@TheRightBrotha]

Wow! Thanks for answering one of my videos for me!

[@curlsonloc]

story of my life .

[@Samuel115s]

over here in the UK ethnicity forms are more specific they have a mixed section on forms and they list a variety of mixes to chose from, they never seem to have my mix though so i have to pick "mixed other"

[@sfr4christ]

Im am mixed too,my mother is black and my father is extremely black!

[@hwgray]

Me, too. I'm part-Choctaw, myself. My mother is chocolate and my father is tar.

[@mulattovanguard]

Blacks aren't mixed, blacks are just black.

[@RedShadow1990]

Proud to be Mixed Race

[@jonathanwalton2240]

I'm black, white, Ethiopian and Persian and I def. get the "what are you"s almost daily. At a certain point, when your not in the mood, you just don't feel obligated to give an answer they are looking for. I would say I'm human and just go on with my day; let the mystery continue. True peace in society will only come when people generally don't care "what you are". Their is a almost subconscious urge to constantly categorize every person you see, and the moment someone who isn't easy to box in passes by, you definitely pick up on that

[@markmcgoveran6811]

Yeah I probably avoided you cuz you're funny looking.

[@CheezInspector]

Thanks! I have have indeed developed many wonderful connections with people from all walks of life ;)

[@BobsonDuggnutt]

Being mixed is really fucking confusing, especially for children growing up in a place where there is really not much diversity, I had no idea who I was. It's weird though, as much shit as I've gotten for my race mix, I feel happy to be unique, not that all races and all people are unique, but to be something that is in a league of it's own is really cool. It's a shame others don't appreciate it.

[@yusufodierno]

My mother is Malaysian with Indonesian descent and my father is White American with Italian and Polish descent. Both of these equals me! Like a lot of Mixed race people living in a pure race neighborhood, I don't really fit in well in my schools as I look a bit Chinese but do not speak Mandarin and lived in a mostly Malay school and didn't speak fluent Malay. English wasn't a popular language in my school so it was a bit tough for me. I agree with the race checkform as I dont know what to put so I know what these people feel.

[@tqrules01]

Indo Belanda !! xD

[@anewmeePassion]

KZbin has made me see that not all biracials look like models. Every race (and mix of them) have their beautiful and average

[@bryansipho]

I grew up going to international schools, which have a relatively high percentage of mixed kids. It was never weird to ask someone "What are you?" I think it was more of establishing where the person came from, as opposed to putting him or her in a box.

[@Mixedbeauty11]

Great viedo I feel you're pain I get asked the same thing every time. People who either look at me or ask me what are you?. I would respond I'm mixed. They would say what's your mom and what's you're dad. I would say my mom is of half black, half Irish Native American heritage. And I said my father is half hispanic. They say oh

[@25inspector]

I am mixed French and Native Canadian heritage. I look pure white. I am a proud Metis.

[@gatheringleaves]

+Marc Gervais Are you part Ojibwe or Cree?

[@25inspector]

We traced it back to 1665 and as far as we can see there is Mohawk, Ojibwe, Algonquin and Innu. Mowhawk, Ojibwe on Fathers side Algonquin and Innu on Mothers. Both parents have Metis Heritage.

[@mutleycrue8706]

I'm mixed Finnish and Native- my dad is an immigrant from Finland. I look white as well, which can be upsetting because I feel like I look like a 'wannabe' at Pow Wows:/

[@25inspector]

Muleycrue...just be proud of your roots and don't worry about the other people.

[@exeggutor35]

This was good, very eye opening =)

[@dejordo1]

That's very amazing!

[@tarik237]

honestly whats so confusing to people about saying youre a mixed race, i tell people this all the time i either say im mixed or i specify and say im half mexican and ethiopian

[@MixedWhisper1977]

I totally agree, it's not hard to just say " I'm mixed " or " I'm Biracial. " I hate it when mixed people say... " To make it simple, i just say I'm Black " How much harder is it to say " and white " you mean to tell me you're this fucking lazy . What a way of proving the stereotype of black people and anything mixed with it as being inherently lazy , Good job mixed people score you just made the stereotype seem freaking true when you're too fucking lazy to add two more words ( and white ) to black . Clap clap clap . . What they really mean to say is " To make it simpler for EVERYONE ELSE I just cancel out one other half of my heritage and just go with the one that's most expected of me to go with because I'm too much of a coward to stand up for myself and all my heritage out of fear of meeting opposition from others " thats what they should say, at least it would be freaking honest . If you're too much of a coward to stand up for your heritage then you were never worthy of your freaking heritage to begin with .

[@MarisaRocksOut]

For most of us, it opens an annoying dialogue. Answering the question "What are you?" with "I'm mixed." leads to "Mixed with what?" Having to give a run down of your family tree every time you meet a new person is exhausting and time consuming and not every stranger on the block is worth that amount of effort. And then - especially for me - there's the invalidation. If I say "Black and white" I usually get. "You don't look black. You look Lebanese/Italian/Something Else. Are you SURE you're black?" As if I don't know my heritage. And that's the milder reaction. I've had people scream at me that I wasn't black, that I was trying to make myself more interesting, appropriate black culture, or that I was a "wigger". Not even family photos of myself, my white mother, black father, and black (looking) sister who is my photo negative would convince them. Then there are the men who look at me mournfully and say "Sorry. My mom would never forgive me if I brought a mixed black girl into the family." Not that I'd want to date those jerks anyways, but it grinds my gears that when they thought I was white and Lebanese or Italian or something "exotic" then bringing me home to mom was ok, but LORD HELP US IF WE BRING THE MULATTOES UP TO THE BIG HOUSE. One instance of this could be overlooked. But dozens and dozens, over decades, becomes too much for some people. And so it's easier to just say "I'm black" or "I'm white", save time and stress, and move on with your day. Because like I said, not everyone on the block is worth that amount of effort.

[@canyon221]

I'm white and Ethiopian and I used to get told I look Mexican a lot. have you ever got the "are you sure you're not adopted"?

[@gabriellac9857]

It may not be hard when u have mainly two races but unlike for me i have a very mixed heritage which is exhausting to explain to people.

[@tarik237]

Samuel Reid no i have not gotten that but i have had alot of people mistaken me for either indian or middle eastern which i get a little annoyed by......i can also see everyone else's point about how tedious it is explaining to people about all of your backgrounds especially if you have multiple racial mixes in your family

[@dopemcee]

btw was this documentary show at rutgers university by anychance?? some of the scenerio looks like rutgers campus but they've changed it so much since i've been there i cant tell

[@andrewl.9736]

I'm not biracial, but my parents are from different non-US countries, and I get "where are you from" a lot. It's honestly not a huge deal, especially since people are just curious. It's cool to learn where someone is from, anyways. Living in the US, I've realized that the pressures of "fitting in" based on race/national origin almost entirely go away when I view myself and others as just fellow Americans or fellow humans, and as a result my skin color is an almost insignificant part of my daily life.

[@jamesscott2328]

I'm African American, but my mom is a French Creole and my mom's dad's mom is White, which is my great grandmother. But my dad is African American, although his mom is African American descendants of Blackfoot Chickasaw and Cherokee Choctaw Indian. Although my mom's dad's dad which is my great granddad, he is a Islander Indian. Like he is a way lighter complexion of my mom and he have pretty eyes with snow white hair. When I first started middle school, I had to get my haircut, the day I went to my bus stop, one of my brother friends asked me " JB, do you have any Hispanic in your family?? " I said "no" and he said " You need to check with your mom because you literally look half black and half Spanish, like you have beautiful hair. I'm going to call you my pretty Spanish baby ". At first, I didn't no what half black mean, like when the seasons or weather changed so did my hair texture and skin complexion. My dad's brother told me that I was Half Black and half Native American, but I new I was more than that because I just had that feeling that I had another part of me I didn't know about. Until this day, someone on social media actually told me what I was and what percentage of my race was and honestly I don't know what I am. One person told me I am 1/4 of Creole, but I'm not sure. Can somebody help me out because I seriously don't know my whole entire ethnicity.

[@CheezInspector]

From my experience, there are plenty of people who are open-minded and big-hearted. It's just about discerning who those people are and not getting distracted by those who aren't :)

[@fuckingwow]

great little doc

[@teedee6614]

Mixed too but hate the questions of "are you mixed" and "what are you" throughout my entire life. That's not something I can change. It is what it is. Just accept it.

[@hwgray]

"Just accept it." All right, So, what are you?

[@sweetpyramidgirl]

I have a neighbor who has a Child with a black man, really dark african man. However, I noticed she will never greet her black neighbors and acts more racist than other White people in my neighborhood. All the other White people who have White spouses dont act racist and are friendly.I just had to comment this because I noticed that the White women who have Children (let me Point out White women and not White men) with blacks act very racistly towards blacks and make their Children hate blacks

[@thegangster9694]

The black race is the most powerful race in the world. The black liberation front will be have a conference in Chicago in November to discuss how to empower the black community from people who are racist towards black people. The black liberation front do not except biracials into there organization

[@zenn]

Amazing documentary

[@TheMMFamily9]

😍great video ❤ i love the pride 🥰

[@FantagenerdRoziland8]

I am biracial and it is hard for me to actually find someone like me... My mom is white and my dad is black... I don't look like eitheir of their child since im a different color... I feel like all biracial people look different unlike other races.

[@Juliapak]

I'm Korean (dad) and Scottish (mom).

[@Niamato_inc]

Julia pak will you marry me Julia?

[@2cutepanda121]

I enjoyed the video,I can actually relate to them being a biracial girl myself.i love both my heritages.it makes me beautiful.i have the best of both worlds.

[@MultiSmartass1]

I agree with you.

[@marcelo.2734]

I love your vidoes. People just see me as black even after the hear about my name or tell them that i was born in Brasil. Truthly i see myself has biracial even tho my adopted parents do not see me that way.

[@SAOnPoint]

i'm south African and both my parents are mixed..So iam mixed too.i look more white..My dad looks more like Obama and my mum is more like an Indian...In South Africa there is a community of mixed-race people so the apartheid segregated us from blacks and white so we are like another race...we are being classified as coloured

[@ElijahKMcCoy]

I heard about that and that is just what we need here in America! A mixed race/biracial community.

[@amasonga]

The most racist country, I've ever been to was South Africa, O.K. Segregation there was way worse than in the Deep South of the U.S. I don't think we need a stringent racial classification like that here in the U.S. Anyway racial classification should be done away with! It is the 21st century, there is no more place for such stupid thing anymore. People are people whether White, Black, Brown, Yellow, Red or a mixture of all that!

[@brya617]

come from a black mother with native descent & white father with irish/german/scottish/spanish/dutch/italian/native descent MIXED POWER.

[@AmirAbdullahCoach]

There Is No Such Thing as Race, Race Is A Social Construct, A Social Leash If You Will That We Agree To Wear! I Took Mine Off Some Years Ago! You Should Do The Same! "Over the past 500 years, we have been taught by an informal, mutually reinforcing consortium of intellectuals, politicians, statesmen, business and economic leaders and their books that human racial biology is real and that certain races are biologically better than others..." ROBERT WALD SUSSMAN His statement is SO True!!! I remember being asked all the time, Why was I so much darker than my sister, did we have the same daddy, why my sister had greenish, or sometimes bluish eyes (they'ed change colors some times)?! But both of my parents would be looked upon as black, it was my great grand parents and grand parents that would be "Multi-ethnical" (German, Euro-American, Native American, Black/Native American). My siblings and I were different shades and hear textures and would change some according to the season (amount of sun)! Alhamdulilaah, the Creator is Magnificent and does what HE Wills!!!

[@Dovid2000]

I enjoyed listening to their reactions.

[@woodie62]

I know this has nothing to do with the vid but was this vid shot in Illinios?

[@CheezInspector]

Want to make sure I understand you. Are you saying your mom is black and your dad is white? Or vice versa? Or some other combo? Thanks.

[@lakewood425]

Brilliant argument! Calling me names and disagreeing with what I have to say proves you're right and I'm wrong.

[@nekopuff2908]

the first question i get from people is "what are you?" they can never guess because i have green eyes and yellow skin. i am mixed with black, white and asian. im mostly black though. but people don't think im black, because i "act too white". i get so much garbage from being mixed, it sucks.

[@michaelsaunders2118]

I use my multi-racial looks to my advantage. Some people always asking my race or nationality . I tell them anything , I might tell them I'm Chinese , just to annoy them like most nof them annoy ME.

[@SweetestTasteofSour]

The first chick is literally me, only she looks more biracial than me :/

[@Blissfulone82]

I didn't think of it like that, but that is a true statement. I wonder if just embracing both would be much better, but I guess that depends on the individual.

[@madisonhinton1295]

+Keli Gagen, thank you for this video! I referenced it in my thesis! Thesis: hdl.handle.net/10415/4241 (It's on page 15.)

[@MrReman23]

Im just saying that you should take pride in being able to tell people you're multicultural. I understand this because I'm Caribbean-American and when someone asks me who/what I am I immediately take pride in explaining my very diverse ethnic and cultural background. So I don't understand why it should be any different for someone like you. If you were proud to be both White and Asian than you would immediately take pride in saying that. No one looks down on it but they'll respect it if you do

[@theforestero]

I wanna know how mixed we can make some humans, until novel islands of specialty arise and new mutations and neo nations post facebook.

[@soschadao]

both my parents are mixed. my mom is indian, black, and part white. my father is half and half black and indian. i get asked if i have white in me by black barbers because my hair reddens in the sun. i know my maternal great, great grandfather was white. I grew up in a white neighborhood and went to church in a carribean area and i ALWAYS stood out and never fit in. It wasnt until college that i started meeting other people like me or who understood what it means to be mixed.

[@dejordo1]

Thank you! I hope the same for you too.

[@MultiDaron]

Quarter breed. On the scale from 1 through 10 I get called a 7 and an 8. I am a handsome mixed race man. Most of the people I know that are mixed race are beautiful and handsome. Show me an ugly mixed race person. Not many.. We are the future. And it is b e a u tiful.

[@theforestero]

not to mention non material stuff like karma from these different family lines and who do we mix with? gets complicated.and i know it sounds messed up, but one races sometimes seem ''plain'' to me, or that's my fear.

[@Yaywhatsgood]

I get the "what are you?!" question A LOT. I'm white, black and asian lol check my page for a vid

[@fotiniwaigwa2670]

ich finde es PERFEKT!!! :D i wouldnt want to change a thing about myself!! Und wen du keine normale Antwort geben kannst dann behalte deine Meinung!

[@prettycolorfulkitty]

I love being mixed!

[@jkbezo]

Cool doc. I never check just one box on those papers. The silly 1 Drop rule is so outdated. The USA sure loves those boxes. LOL Afro-Asian/Blasian, multi-racial here. Father is biracial: Black, White (Spanish/French) and Native American mixed. Mother is East Asian (Filipina). Equals me. :-)

[@lwmson]

And try to catch a cab in the middle of the night in any city in this country. When every driver passes you by and refuses to pick you up, you'll learn how "multi-racial" you are.

[@ericrange3485]

my mother is of mayan indian(from india) African irish English scott Spanish race. my father is blonde haired and blue eyed. I consider myself of mostly European heritage, but with a little bit of a mix.

[@icec64]

and they say ; 'there is no such thing as a stupid question'

[@Cafeconlatte]

The girl that says "If maybe we didn't talk about racism so much it would be a problem' is very very naive.

[@YuvalRishuSanders]

As for your question: the United States is one of the most mixed countries on Earth and far outperforms Germany, Switzerland, and Japan. In fact, I have read extremely persuasive arguments (from, for example, Milton Friedman) that the United States is powerful BECAUSE it is mixed. Please stick around for more debate. I'm really enjoying this process of shooting fish in a barrel. I know it's unsportsmanlike, but it feels so good.

[@CheezInspector]

I prefer "golden" ;) ... Gray is the shade of human cadavers.

[@ShowMeTheMoneyGuy]

Beginning at 07:21 - I don't get that. To me it's not confusing at all. All one has to do is go by the facts. II'm Bi-Racial as well, and I simply check the Black Box AND the White Box because those two boxes identify what I am.

[@VirtWonder]

Nice video. You know what, concerning those hose annoying employment application questions, "What race are you?" The employment application should instead ask "What culture are you?" (because culture is how we relate and is more important).

[@FloridaNative84]

I can identify completely!!!

[@jkbezo]

What happened to my comments?

[@CheezInspector]

Well sorry to hear you've experienced so much racist drama. I hope you've been able to connect with people who build you up instead of tearing you down. They're out there ;)

[@osmanlimuslim]

Letzte Frage hätte ich da noch; was meinst du mit rechtfertigen? Wie sieht das im Alltag aus? Sprechen dich die Leute einfach an? Was genau stört diese Menschen? Welchen scheiß bist du gewöhnt? Interessiert mich gerade.

[@ldnbangalex3971]

what about other race mixes apart from the normal black and white? I don't get why people assume that there aren't other race mixes in the world, and what would you call them. are they also mixed race. Someone please explain.

[@ldnbangalex3971]

For example many carribean people are a mix of races...

[@kid5042]

No.Black and white mixtures are the majority.

[@405boy4]

Purple Water I don't have any stats to prove what's the largest mixed race of people in the US, but I definitely see way more mixed people of black/White than any other mixed group. Not saying I'm 100% but it sure seems like that in states I go to all across the US.

[@dragonbrave8]

I don't even know what races I'm mixed with

[@hwgray]

Human, perhaps?

[@hydrolito]

You should put do at the beginning if you mean it as a question.

[@giftfinderz3859]

Mixed and PROUD *Mexican* (Dad) *Filipino* (Mom)

[@EmileA266]

For me, it was always harder to identify with white people than black people even though most of the kids I went to elementary school with were white. I think that comes from the fact that white people have never accepted me as one of them, in general. Black people, on the other hand, have almost always accepted me if they knew I was mixed or not. It's been a long road to accepting myself as an individual rather than what other people think I am or want me to be.

[@Cameraconversations]

Black identity as a college student stunner: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2bKepeAqZulgc0

[@SoupCaned]

I'm half squirrel, half Armenian.

[@maximummask]

White Spaniards checking Hispanic must get a pretty sweet deal.

[@cristinaandrade9771]

I was born Ecuador but raised in Puerto Rico.My dad Ecuadorian mix race and my mom is white German American but she up in Puerto Rico.

[@MultiSmartass1]

That's more silly than stupid. And this is not the place for off topic subjects like this, thank you.

[@rayjones31692]

ppl don't call me black they say i'm white bc of a white complexion in skin tone and every other mixed person get to be black so thats extremely for me to identify as anything.

[@YuvalRishuSanders]

Lynn's work has been pretty thoroughly refuted in the literature.

[@KingKrish00]

What about a country like singapore for example, it consists of indians, malaysians, chinese, sri lankans etc. They are all totally different cultures with different languages and different shades of skin color. Even in the philippines now there are chinese, korean, japanese, indian, american etc living there.

[@creating1_c1999]

there's still a profound number of African American's claiming Native American heritage, but would be surprised to find there is none there

[@MrReman23]

So you think I'm lying when I tell you that I'm "pure" black and people ask me that same question all the time? And I have many pure black/white friends that get asked the same thing?